Boot or shoe



(No Model.)

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BOOT V0B. SHOTS..l

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SOLOMON K. HINDLEY, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS,

BOOT OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,891, idated December 12, 1882.V Application tiled September 19, 1882. (No model.) Patented in England May 17, 1882, No. 2,325.

`To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SOLOMON K. HINDLEY, of Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Boots or Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of boots or shoes known as stitch-down77 goods, in whichthe upper at the line of contact with the sole is turned outward, and is fastened to the sole by seams orfasteuings outside the up-V per.

My invention is herein'described and represented as applied to a boot or shoe in which the upper is fastened to a sole or soles by t waxed-thread seams; but it will be. obvious that rows of other fasteniugs may be used.

In the drawings, in which similar letters ofi reference indicate like parts, Figure l represents a vertical section across the ball of my improved boot or shoe. A is the upper, which may be cut out, stitched together, and prepared for lasting in any convenient manner. B is a sole, which I call the upper sole. D is another sole, which I call the bottom sole. O is a Welt. F is the inner seam,77 so called,

. and E the outer seam. G is an insole.

` ing below the last a portion of the upper substantially equal in width to the distance between the bottom edge of the last and the edge of the proposed upper sole. On the bottom ofthe insole I then fasten, by cement or otherwise, an upper sole, B, the projecting edge ofthe upper being thereby turned outward and caused to rest on the upper surface of the upper sole. I then unite the upper A to the upper sole, B, bya seam, F, arranged as close as practicable to or under the edge of the last. A channel may bel formed in the lower side of the upper sole to receive the loop ofthe seam. I next place a welt, O, (the width of which should be substantially equal to the outward-turned portion of the upper,) upon the outward-turned -portion of the upper, and covering the seam F, after which I unite the welt C, the upper A, the upper sole, B, and the bottom sole,D,by another seam, E, by the side of the former seam, F. A channel may be formed on the lower side of the bottom sole to receive the loop of this seam.

The insole G sustains no part of the strain upon the wearing parts of' the shoe, and it may therefore be made up of several pieces of inferior leather. It is used to till up the upper sole on the inside of the upper to the level of the surface of the welt. Y

When the edge of a shoe made as above is finished the apparent sole-edge will be made up ofthe edge of the welt, the outward-turned edge of the upper, and the edges of the upper sole and bottom sole.

The bottom sole, D, may be omitted, in which case, as is shown in Fig. 2, the seam E will unite the welt C and upper A to a single sole, B, while the seam F, as before, will unite the upper to the sole B.

I am aware that boots and shoes have been made in which the upper is turned outward upon a so1e,a welt placed upon the outwardly-turned portion of the upper, and the Welt,

upper, and sole thenfstitched togetheroutside the upper by a single seam or row of fastenin'gs; and I have made other applica tions for Letters' Patent for improvements in boots or shoes lof this class in which the several parts are united .by two seams or rows of fastenings.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. An improved boot or shoe having its upper turned outward upon a sole, and united thereto by a seam or other row of fastenings outside the body of the upper, a welt resting upon such outwardly-turned portion of the upper, the welt, upper, and sole or soles being united by another seam or row of fastenings outside ot' the first, all substantially as described.

2. An improved boot or shoe having its up-- per turned outward upon an upper sole, and `united thereto by a seam or row of fastenings,

lI oe passing lhrough the soie and the oubwardlyseam or row of fastenings outside ofthe first, turned upper only, outside the body of the upall substantially as described. per, and having a Welt resting upon such outi T Wardly-turned portion of the upper and over SOLOMOL K' HINDLEY' the seam, and a bottom sole beneath the up- Witnesses:

per sole, the welrthe upper, the upper sole, ELMER P. HOWE,

and the bottom sole being united by another MARY A. FRENCH. 

